Sanya Malik, founder curator of alternative art gallery Black Cube, examines two art exhibits on Partition and their contrasting approaches to representing trauma and fostering empathy in the modern day.
These five works of fiction by women authors are set against the backdrop of the Independence and Partition of India, and inspire us with their strong, resilient characters who survive turbulent times.
A Lahore student compares the web series ‘Heeramandi’ and film ‘Kalank’, both centred on Partition-era Lahore courtesans, and finds that both period dramas fail to capture the tawaifs’ history and the city’s significance, which remain misrepresented in Bollywood’s romanticised gaze.
At a time when the Citizenship Amendment Act has gone into force in India, a new novel by Natasha Sharma spotlights the lives of women abducted during Partition and later rehabilitated by the Rescue and Restoration Act.
As India and Pakistan mark 76 years of independence from British rule and simultaneous Partition, a look at the intertwined stories and work of three historians and authors from the region.
Saadia Gardezi and her teammates at Project Dastaan use technology to help the Partition generation revisit the land of their birth.
Two globally renowned names in peace-building came together at eShe Indo-Pak Peace Summit Led by Women to discuss the role of women in peace.
Multiple award-winning filmmaker and Sundance alumnus Sabiha Sumar spoke to eShe’s Aekta Kapoor at eShe Indo-Pak Peace Summit Led by Women.
New York author Manreet Sodhi Someshwar on the Punjab factor in her writing, the Indian farmer protests, and the #MeToo element in her new book.
Peace activist Dr Devika Mittal of Aaghaz-e-Dosti is working to normalise relationships between the youth of India and Pakistan.
The obedience of women may make for suitably happy endings in Indian fairytales but has fatal consequences in real life.
From a refugee who found love after Partition to an 88-year-old who continues to go to work, Bhag Bahri Malhotra has had quite a journey.
Majoritarianism is unjust and inhumane.
Multidisciplinary artist and author Aanchal Malhotra has been studying the personal histories of the refugees of the Partition through the belongings they carried with them.
Former lawyer and Kathak maestro Shivani Varma weaves history, politics and technical innovation in her performances.
Reena Nanda’s new book ‘From Quetta to Delhi’ traces the path of her family as they migrated to an uncertain future, and is as much about the pain of India’s Partition as about Punjabi customs and lore that survive even today in parts of both countries.
As India celebrates 70 years of Independence, Sheela Kapur recalls her memories of Partition and wonders at the senseless boundaries between those born of the same earth.
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